Records of the South African Colonisation Society 1901-1922

Joint Council of Women's Emigration Societies

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British Women's Emigration Association

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Colonial Intelligence League

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United British Women's Emigration Association

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Women's Migration & Overseas Appointment Society

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Furse, Katharine, 1875-1952

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South African Colonisation Society

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Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women

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The Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women (SOSBW) (1919-1962) was established as a direct response to the economic and social position of British women after the end of the First World War. Many women who had been trained for jobs vacated by enlisted men found themselves unemployed after 1918 and in financial hardship. Emigration to parts of the Empire was regarded as a solution to this problem. At this point, the British Government established its Overseas Settlement Committee to...